Speech and Forencsics Activities

10 free word games
Public Speaking Games
Improv games - warm-ups & icebreakers
Public speaking exercises:
Circle of Stories

Drama One Notes and Exercises

• Acute Anxiety Help
• Letting go of Fear - a free 7 part e-course
• Online 1-1 skype coaching to overcome fear of public speaking
• General Tips for Overcoming Performance Anxiety
• Public Speaking Panic Attacks - a successful solution
• Tips for Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking contributed by visitors to the site.
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• Fight or Flight Response - an explanation
• An Outline of the Symptoms of the Fear of Public Speaking
• Breathing Exercises to calm and control anxiety
• Public Speaking Nerves - 5 strategies to transform negative thinking into positive confidence
• Presentation Skill Training - Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking with NLP techniques - an interview with Jonathan Altfeld, NLP Trainer and Master NLP Practitioner
• How to Build Self Confidence in a Child through Speech & Drama: Suggestions and Activities
• Dale Carnegie's 'The Art of Public Speaking' - a classic & free downloadable e-book.

How to Prepare a Speech

• How to Plan a Speech
• 100's of speech topics - links to lists of demonstration, persuasive, impromptu, controversial, children's, informative, fun and Easter speech topics
• How to choose interesting speech topics
• Building rapport with your audience
• Sample speech outline - a template for preparing a speech
• How to Research
• How to Write a Speech
• How to use action verbs to write a dynamic vibrant speech
• How to End a Speech Memorably
• How to Write a Speech for Kids
• How to use Storytelling to enrich your speeches
• Storytelling Setups:- How to successfully introduce your story
• Characterization techniques to enhance your storytelling
• How to Rehearse (as well as How to Prepare & Use Cue Cards)
• How to Use Props (visual aids) Well
• How to Prepare & Use Cue Cards (This is the full version)
• How to memorize a speech easily using acronyms
• How to remember a speech using the 'Once upon a time' format
• Speech Evaluation - The aspects assessed in a formal evaluation & a downloadable speech evaluation form

Improve Your Voice & Delivery

• Voice Image - how our voice delivery influences how people respond to us
• Vocal warm ups - a simple set of essential preparation exercises for confident speech delivery
• Voice Health-tips for maintaining good voice health
• A Teacher's Voice - developing a flexible, dynamic speaking voice. (Page includes links to research on the effect of the teacher's voice on children's learning)
• 10 Public Speaking Exercises for Improving Delivery
• Diction/Articulation Exercises
• Tongue Exercises for Articulation - Mrs Tongue Does Her Housework
• Proper Pronunciation - Commonly mispronounced words & phrases
• American English Pronunciation
• Exercises to Modify Speaking Rate (Either too slow or too fast)
• What is Speech Rate? How many words per minute is fast or slow?
• Exercises to Develop the Power of the Pause - Use Silence Effectively
• Vocal Variety
• Tips for Using Body Language to Enhance your Speech

Humor

• How to Use Humor Effectively
• Types of Verbal Humor
• Physical Humor basics
• Article: 'Walk Your Talk' Improv.Comedy Expert & Professional Speaker shares his insights.
• Interview with Steve Barancik- comedic storyteller, writer of humorous monologues
• The Humorous Speech Contest - What happens when 'funny' is not enough. Learn from my experience!
• Great Funny Speeches: How to get the laughter
• Fun Speech Topics: 60 light-hearted topics for kids of all ages

Developing Vocabulary & Confidence, Using Words Positively

• How to Increase Your Word Power
• How to use action verbs to write a dynamic vibrant speech
• Word Games to Play with Groups
• 5 Improv Games to Play with Groups
• 7 Public Speaking Games for Groups
• 5 Fun Public Speaking Activities for Groups
• 28 Public Speaking Games: a one-stop ebook resource for teachers
• The Power of the Spoken Word
• Ten Tips on Using the Power of the Spoken Word Positively
• Effective Listening Skills
• 14 Benefits of Public Speaking

Specialist Speeches & Resources

Acceptance Speeches

• How to Write an Acceptance Speech without Tears
• An Award Acceptance Speech Example- inspiring, impassioned and humble.

Birthday Speeches

• Free Birthday Speech Tips - How to Write a Birthday Speech
• Birthday Speeches: 40th birthday speech sample for a daughter from her mother
• Birthday Speeches: 50th birthday speech sample for a man from a close male friend
• Birthday Speech Tips & Speeches contributed by site visitors
• Birthday Themed Quotations - Wisdom
• Witty or Funny Themed Birthday Quotations
• Milestone (20th, 30th, 40th, 50th & 60th plus) Birthday Quotations

Business Speaking

• Business Thank You Speech - an adaptable template to personalize
• Effective Business Presentation
• Presentation Skills: an interview with Yolanthe Smit, presentation skills coach for non-native English speakers

Children's Speech Topics

• Dozens of Speech Topics for Children
• 50+ Elocution Topics for Kids

Christmas Speeches

• How to write a short, simple, sincere Christmas Speech - step by step template and quotations to use
• A sample Christmas Speech outline prepared using an easily adaptable step by step template.

Commemorative Speech Topics

• Commemorative speech topic helper - How to choose the most appropriate topic to fit the occasion. Plus resource links.
• The Tribute Speech Guide - characteristics of a tribute speech, how to plan and prepare one with examples
• A **sample tribute speech** - This is a tribute speech written for my Mother, Iris.

Controversial Speech Topics

• Controversial speech topics - links to lists, plus how to choose a topic

Declamation Speeches

• How to choose and prepare a declamation speech. Links to famous speeches.

Demonstration Speeches

• How to Select a Topic & Prepare a Successful Demonstration Speech
• 100+ Demonstration Speech Topic Suggestions
• 50 How To Speech Ideas
• Another 50 Demonstrative Speech Topics

Easter Speech Topics

• 30+ Speech Topics for Easter

Eulogies or Funeral Speeches

• How to Write a Eulogy
• Sample Eulogies written by the site writer
• Sample Eulogies contributed by visitors
• Give a Living Eulogy - a speech of appreciation and gratitude to a living person
• How To Write a Poem
• How To Read a Poem Aloud
• Readings(podcasts)of funeral poems
• Poems Suitable for Use in Eulogies
• More Poems Suitable for Use in Funeral Speeches
• Inspirational Quotations to Calm, Comfort & Heal
• Bereavement support - a free series of 7 inspirational messages to comfort and support grieving

Farewell Speeches

• How to Prepare and Give a Gracious Farewell Speech

Impromptu Speeches

• How to Banish Impromptu Speaking Blues - Easy-to-use templates & tips
• 10+ Themed Sets of Impromptu Speech Topics
• 50 Impromptu Public Speaking Topics to Practice With
• Themed sets of impromptu speech topics in printable pdf format

Informational/Interesting Speeches

• Informational Speech Topics - lists of topic suggestions and tips to prepare an informative speech
• Interesting Speech Topics - unusual & diverse

Introduction Speeches

• How to prepare and deliver a great introduction for a guest speaker. Tips, template and example
• How to prepare and deliver a brief self-introduction speech. Tips, template and example

Motivational Speeches

• Professional Motivational Speaker, Kevin Biggar, shares how he began motivational speaking

Persuasive Speech Ideas

• Checklist for writing a persuasive speech
• 50+ provoking fresh persuasive speech ideas
• 50 good persuasive speech topics
• A persuasive speech outline using Monroe's Motivated Sequence
  Download a blank persuasive speech outline template to complete.
• A persuasive speech example using Monroe's Motivated Sequence

Retirement Speeches

• Why Use a Free Retirement Speech? How to Write Your Own.
• Sample Retirement Speech written by site author
• Sample Retirement Speeches - a collection provided by site visitors
• Retirement Themed Quotations

Sales Speaking

• Step-by-step preparation tips for effective sales speaking

Student Council Speeches

• Guidelines for planning, writing and delivering a student council speech plus an adaptable easy-to-use template for any type of student council speech.

Thank You Speeches

• How to Prepare a Thanksgiving Speech - select a theme and complete an easy-to-follow template
• How to Prepare a Thank You Speech - easy to follow template
• A Business Thank You Speech example - adapt, and personalize it to prepare a speech thanking employees for a job well done
• A collection of 30 'Thank You' quotes to help you say thank you creatively

Wedding Speech Resources

• Wedding Poems & Readings
• Engagement Party Speeches
• Engagement Toasts
• Bridesmaid Speech
• Maid of Honor Sister Speech
• 50th Wedding Anniversary Speeches
• 50th Anniversary Toast - an example

Welcome Speeches

• Welcome to the Family Speeches:- an easy-to-use adaptable template, plus a sample welcome speech
• Welcome Speeches:- an easy-to-use adaptable template suitable for any type of Welcome Speech, plus a sample welcome speech
• Church Welcome Speech Sample: brief, sincere and simple, a gracious welcome to your church - use this sample speech as a template to prepare your own speech
• Phrases for Welcome Speeches: how say welcome well

Other

• Audience Etiquette
• Public Speaking Rubric
• The Importance of Communication Skills - a 5 step guide to improve face to face communication
• Public Speaking News - articles, press releases, reports - updated daily. Gathered from over 4000 sources all over the globe.
• Teaching English in Russia - report of a 5 day workshop teaching Russian English teachers
• Speech writer for hire - my bespoke speech writing service

Speaking Out Loud

• Speaking Out Loud - the monthly ezine chock full of public speaking tips, articles, interviews & more

Free E-books

• 'The Art of Public Speaking' - Dale Carnegie
• 'As a Man Thinketh' - James Allen

Podcasts

• Readings of 'I Standing Upon the Seashore', 'Funeral Blues', 'Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep', 'Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi'
• Reading of 'Jazz Piano'

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